Stroudsburg parolee accused of faking urine test

A Stroudsburg parolee was charged Tuesday with using urine from a squirt bottle during a drug test.

A Stroudsburg parolee was charged Tuesday with using urine from a squirt bottle during a drug test.

Justin Kirby, 31, was on parole for terroristic threats stemming from an incident in which Kirby made threats of violence against an officer and his family, according to the Monroe County District Attorney Detective Division.

Kirby is required to give periodic urine samples while on parole to check for controlled substances.

During a Jan. 18 test, Kirby tried using urine from a squirt bottle hidden in his pants for the sample.

Kirby admitted to attempting to use "clean" urine to pass the test because he had been smoking marijuana and did not want to get caught, according to an affidavit of probable cause.

Detective Robert Burns charged Kirby with possessing instruments of a crime and furnishing drug-free urine. Kirby will appear before Magisterial District Judge Kristina Anzini of Stroudsburg on a later date. Kirby is in prison until a violation hearing is conducted in Monroe County Court.